This is Xenia
A blog about being a mom, raising kids, relationships, divorce, co-parenting, healing from trauma, and becoming a counselor. All while learning to live a life that feels authentically, unapologetically, me. I hope that blog gives you courage to live your most authentic life as well.
Why a Blog?
Let’s start at the beginning, shall we?
Well, not the actual beginning. How about the beginning of the reason why this blog is here?
Why it’s not just handwriting
“His handwriting was sloppy,” he said in a text, and proceeded to send pictures of the inadequacies he’d found within the handwritten homework assignment. He man-splained all the reasons why this was unacceptable, the fact that he understands that kids perform better for their dad, because dads are disciplinarians, while moms are the nurturers; which is equivalent to saying that when the kids do anything with me, it will be subpar.
Why I moved out and he kept the house
It’s surprisingly challenging to find specific statistics about divorce, especially regarding the distribution of property and custody. I don’t know the numbers, but I know that my situation deviates from the norm.